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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 4529798, member: 96635&quot;]Nice coins.</p><p>I agree with [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER], it seems to be a crudly engraved hemidrachm from the magistrate &quot;Gorgias&quot;. No other Magistrates name seem to match any more close than that one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin is definitely after 188 BC, since it has an incuse square, characteristic for the ‘Plinthophoric’ coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an example of a similar coin (not mine):</p><p><img src="https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com/images/view/1887/1649344l.jpg?md5=DTusWewO7qxDpmTmC_BjYg&amp;expires=1590523722" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>ISLANDS off CARIA. Rhodes.</b> Circa 188-84 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.51 gm). Gorgias, magistrate. Struck circa 125-88 BC. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose, bud to right; [butterfly] in right field; GORGIA<strike> (magistrate). Jenkins <i>Rhodian</i> Group D, 150; cf. SNG Helsinki 657 (magistrate)</strike>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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